Given the nature of their spar, being stabbed or lit on fire would not have particularly surprised him. He would not have understood the true reason behind it, however, though he took her words at face value and nodded his gratitude for her self control. "Thank you," he murmured.
He watched her approach without moving, staying still as he might have around a feral cat or a shark whose hunger level he had not yet assessed. Her words drew a deep breath from him and a deeper nod as he gave his solemn oath. "I will not do it again." He studied her for a few moments, taking in the restrained frustration, the hurt that had nothing to do with the physical pain that had been healed, and the dimming of her usual bright spark.
"I will listen, if there is something else that is bothering you." An offer made quietly, gently, as he stood like a lone tree upon the grassy meadow of King's End.
He watched her approach without moving, staying still as he might have around a feral cat or a shark whose hunger level he had not yet assessed. Her words drew a deep breath from him and a deeper nod as he gave his solemn oath. "I will not do it again." He studied her for a few moments, taking in the restrained frustration, the hurt that had nothing to do with the physical pain that had been healed, and the dimming of her usual bright spark.
"I will listen, if there is something else that is bothering you." An offer made quietly, gently, as he stood like a lone tree upon the grassy meadow of King's End.
